Nicholls State University - La Pirogue Yearbook (Thibodaux, LA)

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:::, x X, ,fm-,JK ECONOMICS AND FINANCE CLUB, along with Wayne Shell. This groupls purpose was to foster interest in economics and finance, to pro- vide forthe exchange of ideas of students of economics and finance, and to pro- mote closer faculty-student relationships. Officers were Sally Naquin, president, Craig Kees, vice president, and Patrice Lasseigne, secretary-treasurer. A four-man team from the club won the first annual spring business games, based on a computerized marketing pro- gram. Shell, administrator of the games, explained the team members served as management heads making decisions which dealt with scheduling production, planning advertisement and sales force budgets, and conducting market research. Members ofthe winning team were Richard Brown, Larry Jordan, Karl Kerne, and Karl Ng. Willard Boquet, a junior finance major from l-louma, was awarded the first Mike Bauer Memorial Scholarship, given to an outstanding junior or senior majoring in either economics or finance. The club held a car bash in front ofthe Student Union to raise money for the scholarship. Two new economics instructors, Oscar Varela and George Armstrong, were hired, in the opening weeks of the fall semester to help ease a bind caused by the death of Dr. E. O. Campbell, profes- sor of economics, and the sick leave of Dr. Earl Banister. Other instructors in the college were Joel Desilva, John Doiron, William Field, Clift Gresham, Director of Graduate Stud- ies and Business, and Lloyd J. Elliott, who was on sabbatical forthe spring semester. Department of Management and Marketing Dr. William C. Boe, associate professor of management, is the head of the Department of Management and Market- ing, a department involved in several stu- dent-oriented projects. The students applied academic theory in a marketing research program spon- sored by the Chevrolet Division of Gen- eral Motors and the Department of Man- agement and Marketing. The class was offered the use of a 1976 Chevette for the project by Barbera Brothers Chevrolet of Thibodaux. Under the direction of Dr. David Lill, course instructor, the students investi- gated consumer attitudes toward small cars and an awareness of Chevette fea- tures, and analyzed the media and pro- motional strategy used by Chevrolet. The project also included a number of contests in which students competed for cash prizes. Phi Kappa Theta fraternity and Delta Zeta Sorority tied for first place in the Stuff-the-Chevette project by plac- ing 22 people inthe car at one time. Jeff Poche won the Test Driving Con- test by averaging 5918 miles per gallon over a three-mile, seven-minute course. One Business Administration faculty The Economics and Finance Club won the annual marketing games sponsored by the college Team members were Larry Jordan, Karl Kerne, Richard Brown, Karl Ng, and Dr, Michele Francois member to receive his doctorate was James B. Shannon, Jr., assistant profes- sor of management. A Florida native, Shannon wrote his dissertation on An Analysis of the Effect of Machine Failures on the Performance of Job Shop Scheduling Fiulesf' Shan- non joined the Nicholls faculty in the fall of 1975. The NlCl-lOLLS SOCIETY FOB PEB- SONNEL ADMlNlSTFiATlON CNSPAJ sponsored an employment seminar for all university seniors on March 23. The group also had guest speakers, field trips, and cooperative ventures with the University of New Orleans Chapter. Officers were Charmaine Dutreix, pres- identg Busty Bellon, vice presidentz Gloria Della, secretary, and Tom Kliebert, trea- surer. James Wilkins, Jr., associate pro- fessor of management, was the advisor. Other faculty members in the depart- ment include Joel Authement, Lawrence Scheuermann, and Dr. Elizabeth Sorbet. Dr. Lawrence Scheuermann and Wayne Shell pre- sented a paper on the use of special application lan- guage tor businesses at a computer symposium at Harvard University. i ., -, W-i Dept of Management and Marketing 92

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Horn wx. . uiim ' K., - 43 'll Y .SF . ww, if ,sfsggfllt .. X 'f1? . A -'Stix X 'fr T -Q :f,sfj1s.4- ?'f s. fy an 'th all 'X 94 S ANN I' f 'W' le J Dr. William Roe, head ot the Department of Man- agement and Marketing, saw the department work in many student-oriented research projects, like the Chevette Contest. Ashton Ryan, audit manager with Arthur Anderson 8 Co. was the guest speaker at a luncheon of Pi Sigma Epsilon From left are Dean Ridley Gros, Dr, William Roe, Dave Doherty, PSE president, Patsy Champagne, vice president ofthe Accounting Club, and Ashton Ryan. 2411 Economics Department COIICgC 0I BIISHICSS MlIlliIliSlI'iIli0Il Elaine Webb serves as current vice- president of the Nicholls chapter ot the Louisiana Teacher Association and recently was named in the Outstanding Educators of America in Higher Educa- tion. Elsie Ware has served as business administration vocational teacher in the department for eighteen years. She has been included in the second edition of World Who's Who of Women, published in Cambridge, England. Hilda Dees has served as historian to the Louisiana Business Association. She has been honored as an outstanding young educator. The department recently added a new course, Office Administration 390. This course requires the exercise of initiative and judgement in utilizing secretarial skills previously acquired in required skill courses. Department of Economics and Finance Dr. Michelle B. Francois, head of the Economics and Finance Department, was elected the first woman president ot the Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce. The associate professor ot economics said it was one ot the greatest things that has ever happened to me personally. Francois has served as advisor to the 9 I sv' M--.., .44

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When fall registration figures were tallied, the College of Education ranked third in size with 1,348 majors. Although usually first or second, the college still had the largest num- ber of students majoring in one field: elementary and sec- ondary education. All students who receive a bachelor's degree from the Col- lege of Education are required to complete a semester of stu- dent teaching in cooperating schools. ln order to begin stu- dent teaching, one must have an overall minimum grade- point average ot 20, with no grade lower than a C in profes- sional courses and a minimum average of C in areas of aca- demic specialization. Director of Student Teaching is Dr. Charles VVeimer. New additions were made in the second year ot the Nic- holls-Teachers Education Pilot Program CN-TEPPJ, a pro- gram designed to prepare student teachers for their roles in the classroom. Funded by the Louisiana Department of Edu- cation, Dr. D. G. Joseph, dean ot the College of Education, has been working with Dr. Lacy lvlarcotte, N-TEPP director, in having students gain valuable teaching experience early in their studies. A special block program combines two or more courses into a single two-hour class giving the student six credit hours. This fall, block programs in audio-visual aids and psychol- ogy were added to the existing ones in education and psy- chology. Students are also given heavy field-experience with observations in area schools beginning in their sophomore year. The students assist supervising teachers in small tasks designed to expose the student to actual teaching situations. A voluntary program its first two semesters, the program is now required for all entering education majors. CIDIICQIC 0l ftllICilli0Il NSU students get field experience early in education curriculum Dr, D G. Joseph, dean ofthe College ot Educa- tion, helps a student during the registration bat- tle, while Georgia Andry, a junior in education helps children at the co-op with their lessons. 9 College ol Education